Posted on 07/18/2023 5:57:17 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution condemning antisemitism and stating that Israel is not a racist state, NBC News reported.
The vote was 412-9, with 195 Democrats joining all Republicans in voting yes. Nine Democrats voted against the non-binding resolution, several of whom have previously denounced Israel as an “apartheid state”. One Democrat voted present.
The resolution was a Republican response to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who over the weekend called Israel a “racist state”, before walking back the comments and stating that she had directed them at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Before Tuesday’s vote, Jayapal declined to provide any lengthy comment about the GOP effort, only calling it “ridiculous” before the elevator doors closed.
Authored by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), the resolution does not mention Jayapal by name but it clearly takes aim at her recent remarks, noted NBC News. It states that it’s the sense of Congress that “the State of Israel is not a racist or apartheid state,” that “Congress rejects all forms of antisemitism and xenophobia," and that “the United States will always be a staunch partner and supporter of Israel.”
“This is about an affirmation of support,” said Pfluger, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. “This is about a stance: 75 years after Israel became a nation, the United States was within minutes the first country to recognize them.”
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Gotta kiss the ring...
To diminish it. .
Kabuki theater.
Everyone’s racist, so nobody is.
What? And admit they’re political prisoners and their rights have been violated? Then how can the DOJ continue to harass Trump?
Any new suicides?
But it indicates a sea change within Congress, like when the tide shifts, but it only stops moving in one direction, but isn’t quite going in the other yet.
In case anyone still had any doubt about libtard racism in congress
Alive and well
It’s a great day for me when I see Jayapal slapped down big time in every media report.
Even that idiot white house press secretary was forced to acknowledge her apology, no doubt through gritted teeth
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Cheers
The same old same old haters...
Indeed
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